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Assistantship Information

The Department of Psychological Science has five graduate assistantships (GA). A full-time GA works 20 hours per week and receives $3,750.00 per semester. This also includes a scholarship covering up to 10 hours of graduate-level-course work per semester. Students are allowed a maximum of four semesters as a graduate assistant. The Psychology GA positions are as follows:

Individual Intelligence Testing/Assessment – student must have completed the intelligence testing class, or an equivalent course, prior to applying for this position.

Physiological Psychology Laboratory – student must have completed an undergraduate course in physiological psychology prior to applying for this position.

Research Design & Analysis Laboratory Assistant (two positions)– students must have computer skills and a working familiarity with the major statistical software packages in order to be considered for this position.

Assistant to the instructors of General Psychology – student needs good writing skills and knowledge of basic psychology.

Research Coordinator - student must have strong computer skills, interpersonal skills, and an understanding of human subjects procedures in order to manage the online research participation system.

To be considered for one of the above positions, the student is advised to apply at least six months in advance of the semester he/she wishes to begin serving as a graduate assistant. Selection of psychology graduate assistants is highly competitive.

There are additional assistantships throughout the university that are open to psychology graduate students. In the recent past, our graduate students have obtained assistantships in Student Health Services, Testing Services, the Kirkpatrick Library, McNair Scholars Program, and The Graduate School.